WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. - Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

I've just gotten the boot from the tournament area.There's a a class system here, (you won't have heard of this in Britain), and we are on the bottom rung.

"You can stand behind the rail, or two tables away from the action and report from there," I get told. With the rail being six people deep and the distance of two tables away being even further than that, it's sounds pretty damn difficult.

Anyway, they're now on the Limit Hold 'em section and I think Jen is trying to sneak in down the other side.

[Djinn]

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Doyle Brunson has been eliminated - I was just counting his short stack when he got it in the middle in a threeway pot of hi-lo Omaha.  I think his actual eliminator (Raymer was the third player in the hand) was John Hanson, who raised Raymer off on the river with the board reading:
 
Doyle Brunson showed: 
But he was knocked out by the A-3-5-6 which had got there on the river.  Scoop.

[Djinn]

Some chip estimates:

Justin Bonomo  120k
Allen Kessler     130k
Huck Seed       280k
Tuan Le           225k
Thien Phan        70k
Freddy Deeb     300k
Erik Seidel        310k

[NoflopsHomer]

Patrick Antonius, the ladies' favourite is OUT.

[Djinn]

**********************************Dinner Break until 9pm (5am UK)***********************************

[NoflopsHomer]

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Marco Traniello is OUT.

Short stacked, he took his chance in the Razz against Huck Seed's raise with the despite holding a as his upcard, all the chips were in by the fourth street and dealt so quickly I could only see the final hands.

Traniello:

for a Ten-low

Seed:

for a Seven-low.

Though next hand Eli Elezra manages to bluff Huck Seed off a pot showing a Jack-low on 5th street.

Snoops' favourite Comic Book Guy, Todd Brunson is also OUT.

[NoflopsHomer]

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Erik Seidel is moving along nicely, it helped here when he picked up a on fourth street to go with his upcard against Greg Raymer whose was besmirched by the and led to the former WSOP champion folding to a bet.

[Djinn]

Counted some chips.  You'd think I'd be better at it after two years of doing so professionally, but I still feel obliged to add that these may not be accurate.  The main issue I am having with them is the colour coding of the 25k and the 5k chips - the former being pink and brown, the latter being the same shade of pink, plus brown and baby blue.  It's hard to explain.  I wonder if these will be the Main Event chips?

Rob Hollink      180k
Bruno Fitoussi    380k
Gavin Smith       40k
Isabelle Mercier   55k
Annie Duke       310k
Max Pescatori     250k
Phil Ivey            180k
Erick Lindgren    175k  (probably - messy stacker, back to me)
David Singer       245k
Phil Hellmuth     160k 

Hellmuth to Lindgren:  "I just lost 100k conflip..." to Kristy Gazes, in Razz.
Lindgren to Hellmuth:  "It's not too late to buy insurance."  (Pronounced insurance.)

[Djinn]

This, by the way, is what just the section of the Rio Amazon Room devoted to the H.O.R.S.E. tournament looks like at the moment.  Note the double rail thronged with spectators whom I catch saying some odd stuff - "That guy, Phil Laak, he never takes his sunglasses off.  Never." - "This is a HORSE tournament?  Is that poker?" - "There he is, oh my GOD, it's Negreanu!" "I think it's No Limit, or, wait, it's $50,000" etc. etc.  There are better ones, but I should measure them out over the full five days...

[NoflopsHomer]

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Huck Seed raised preflop with the showing but Eli Elezra re-raised despite his upcard being the , Seed caught a and check called Elezra, who had hit a seemingly unhelpful , but once Seed caught the against Elezra's and called another bet, it was clear that the former WSOP ME champion wasn't going to give up and the remaining streets were checked down with neither player seemingly hitting anything. Elezra quickly mucked after the river leaving Seed showing just the Aces to take a chunky pot down.

[NoflopsHomer]

62 players remain, average stack is roughly 235k.

[Djinn]

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Phil Hellmuth has just been moved into the ominously empty seat between Eli Elezra and Allen Kessler.  That table saw Justin Bonomo getting the best of the last few minutes of Stud 8/b - one hand:

Huck Seed was the in-position bettor, with the , then the and showing.
Justin Bonomo held X X
Eli Elezra had come along as far as X X

The river-card saw Justin announcing, "A seven [low] and a pair of Sevens..." which was enough to take the whole thing from Seed.  He got the next pot too after Allen Kessler gave it up on fourth street.

[Djinn]

New top ten, from www.worldseriesofpoker.com:

Allen Cunningham -- 525,000   
John Juanda -- 510,000   
Eli Elezra -- 435,000   
John Hanson -- 435,000   
Toto Leonidas -- 430,000   
Daniel Negreanu   -- 410,000   
David Singer -- 400,000   
Bruno Fitoussi -- 400,000   
Justin Bonomo -- 390,000   
Huckleberry Seed -- 378,000   

[NoflopsHomer]

Cyndy Violette has lost a couple of decent sized pots, first being check/raised from 16k to 32k by Kenny Tran on board and passing after a dwell.

She then check called Mike Matusow down on a board, Matusow showing , Cyndy flashed the and mucked.
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David Williams   240k
Scotty Nguyen  140k

[NoflopsHomer]

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Ivey raises to 16k, Elezra calls on the button and Huck Seed calls in the big blind.

Flop:



Checked around

Turn:



Huck Seed bets 16k, Ivey raises to 32k, Elezra passes and Seed calls.

River:



Seed bets 16k and Ivey calls.

Seed:

for the Nut Straight with an 8-7-6-5-4 low.

Ivey:

for Nines and Fours with a 8-6-5-4-A low.